Duncan Herrington & Lyndon Park Join JPMorgan As Managing Directors

According to an internal memo, JPMorgan Chase has appointed Duncan Herrington and Lyndon Park as Managing Directors (MDs) of its global shareholder engagement and M&A capital markets group.

Herrington joins from Jasper Street Partners, while Park was previously with ICR Shareholder Advisory. Brian Frank, a long-time JPMorgan banker, will also join the team. All three will work with group co-heads Alfredo Porretti and Darren Novak, reporting to John Hofmann, head of North America M&A. The hires mark the largest expansion of the group in a decade as demand for activism defence services grows. Last year, activist campaigns reached record levels. JPMorgan has advised clients like Disney, BlackRock, and Matthews International in recent activist defence mandates.